AgriLife Extension plans March 30 4-H shooting match in Coke County

Writer: Steve Byrns, 325-653-4576, s-byrns@tamu.edu Contact: James Jackson, 325-453-2461, JamesR.Jackson@ag.tamu.edu ROBERT LEE – The Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service office in Coke County will conduct their inaugural Coke County 4-H Invitational Shooting Match beginning with registration at 9:30 a.m. March 30 at the Red Canyon Gun Club in Robert Lee. “The purpose of the match [...]

Salinas appointed 4-H and youth development agent in Cameron County

WESLACO  –  Roxanna Salinas has been named the Prairie View A&M University Cooperative Extension Program’s 4-H and youth development agent in Cameron County, according to Dr. Ruben Saldana, a Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service administrator in Weslaco. Salinas assumed her duties Jan. 15, and will work with her colleagues at the AgriLife Extension offices of [...]

Blacklands 4-H youth receive scholarships at Blackland Income Growth Conference

Writer: Blair Fannin, 979-845-2259, b-fannin@tamu.edu WACO – Scholarships were awarded to outstanding 4-H members recently at the 51st Blackland Income Growth Conference held at the Extraco Events Center in Waco. The scholarships were presented during the conference luncheon that featured Dr. James Kroll, director of the Institute for White-tailed Deer Management and Research at Stephen [...]

AgriLife Extension hires Martin Shaw for Baylor County agriculture position

Writer: Kay Ledbetter, 806-677-5608, skledbetter@ag.tamu.edu Contact: Martin Shaw, 940-889-558, martin.shaw@ag.tamu.edu SEYMOUR – Martin Shaw of Lubbock has been hired as the new Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service agriculture and natural resources agent in Baylor County, beginning Feb. 1, according to Miles Dabovich, AgriLife Extension district administrator in Vernon. Dabovich said Shaw will spend his first [...]

AgriLife Extension hires Katy White as new agriculture agent

Writer: Kay Ledbetter, 806-677-5608, skledbetter@ag.tamu.edu Contact: Katy White, 806-447-2313, katy.white@ag.tamu.edu WELLINGTON – Katy White was unanimously approved by the Collingsworth County Commissioners Court to assume the role of the Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service agriculture and natural resources agent for Collingsworth County, according to Danny Nusser, AgriLife Extension district director in Amarillo. White will begin [...]

Veterinary medicine program offered to Panhandle area youth by AgriLife Extension

Writer: Kay Ledbetter, 806-677-5608, skledbetter@ag.tamu.edu Contact: Brandon Boughen, 806-373-0713, bwboughen@ag.tamu.edu AMARILLO – Texas A&M AgriLife Extension’s Potter County 4-H and Youth Development program is conducting a program to help youth begin a career in veterinary medicine, according to Brandon Boughen, AgriLife Extension agriculture and natural resources agent in Potter County. An orientation workshop to introduce [...]

Groschke receives Superior Service Award from AgriLife Extension

COLLEGE STATION – David Groschke, a Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service agent for Limestone County, has been awarded a 2012 Superior Service Award, the highest honor given by the agency. The award, presented Jan. 8 during the annual Texas A&M AgriLife conference in College Station, is given to staff who demonstrate outstanding performance or who [...]

Moore receives Superior Service Award from AgriLife Extension

COLLEGE STATION – Amber Moore, Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service 4-H program assistant in Robertson County, has received a Superior Service Award in the category of office support. The award, presented Jan. 8 during the annual Texas A&M AgriLife conference in College Station, is given to staff who demonstrate outstanding performance or who provide exceptional [...]

Nusser named AgriLife Extension program director for North Region

AMARILLO – Danny Nusser has been named the Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service North Region program director for agriculture, natural resources and 4-H and youth development, effective Feb. 1, according to Dr. Pete Gibbs, AgriLife Extension associate director for state programs in College Station. While Nusser will move from his current position as district administrator [...]

Texas A&M AgriLife center in Uvalde to celebrate 40th anniversary

UVALDE – The Texas A&M AgriLife Research and Extension Center in Uvalde, 1619 Garner Field Road,  will celebrate its 40-year anniversary Dec. 4, said center director Dr. Daniel Leskovar. From 9-10:30 a.m. in the center auditorium, the public is invited to attend a celebration that will include a brief presentation on the facility’s history, followed [...]